Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
Transport
Command - February 1947
[Command HQ | No 4 Group | No 38 Group | No 46 Group | No 47 Group]
Command HQ - Bushey Park, Middlesex
Units and stations not yet allocated: -
RAF Great Dunmow | RAF Matching | RAF Troston |
HQ - RAF York
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
Bomb Disposal School | RAF Alconbury | Station in Maintenance Command |
RAF Station Bircham Newton | ||
Transport Initial Conversion Unit | RAF Bircham Newton | |
No 1510 (RAT) Flight | RAF Bircham Newton | Anson |
RAF Station Bridlington (Carnaby) | ||
Emergency Runway | RAF Bridlington | |
C & M Party | RAF Bridlington | |
RAF Station Coleby Grange | ||
RAF Station Desborough | ||
Closing Down Party | RAF Desborough | |
RAF Station Dishforth | ||
No 1381 (Transport) Conversion Unit | RAF Dishforth | Dakota |
No 1332 (Heavy) Conversion Unit | RAF Dishforth | York/Halifax |
RAF Station Full Sutton | ||
Closing Down Party | RAF Full Sutton | |
Transport Command Examining Unit | RAF Manston | Station in No 46 Group, Lancastrian/Dakota |
RAF Station Melbourne | ||
C & M Party | RAF Melbourne | |
No 4 Group Communication Flt | RAF Rufforth | Station in Maintenance Command |
RAF Station Syerston | ||
No 1333 (Transport Support) Conversion Unit | RAF Syerston | Dakota |
No 1331 (Heavy) Conversion Unit | RAF Syerston | Halifax |
RAF Station Wormingford | ||
C & M Party | RAF Wormingford | |
RAF Station Wymeswold | ||
No 1382 (Transport) Conversion Unit | RAF Wymeswold | Dakota |
RAF Station York | ||
Training Area Flying Control | RAF York |
HQ - RAF Upavon
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
RAF Station Brize Norton | ||
Transport Command Development Unit | RAF Brize Norton | |
No 297 Sqn | RAF Brize Norton | Halifax |
No 4297 Servicing Echelon | RAF Brize Norton | |
RAF Station Earls Colne | ||
C & M Party | RAF Earls Colne | |
RAF Station Fairford | ||
No 47 Sqn | RAF Fairford | Halifax |
RAF Station Netheravon | ||
No 38 Group Communication Flt | RAF Netheravon | |
No 1 Mobile Parachute Servicing Unit | RAF Netheravon | |
No 8 Mobile Parachute Servicing Unit | RAF Netheravon | |
No 38 Group Parachute Maintenance and Servicing Unit | RAF Netheravon | |
RAF Station Shrewton | Emergency Landing Ground | |
RAF Station Tarrant Rushton | ||
C & M Party | RAF Tarrant Rushton | |
RAF Station Upavon | ||
RAF Station Upper Heyford |
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No 1 Parachute Training School | RAF Upper Heyford | |
RAF Station Weston-on-the-Green |
Satellite, Upper Heyford |
HQ - Bushey Hall, Watford
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
RAF Station Abingdon | ||
No 46 Sqn | RAF Abingdon | Dakota |
No 4046 Servicing Echelon | RAF Abingdon | |
No 238 Sqn (ex 525) | RAF Abingdon | Dakota |
No 4238 Servicing Echelon | RAF Abingdon | |
RAF Station Bassingbourn | ||
No 24 Sqn | RAF Bassingbourn | |
No 4024 Servicing Echelon | RAF Bassingbourn | |
No 9 Ground Control Approach Unit | RAF Bassingbourn | |
No 1555 (RAT) Flight | RAF Bassingbourn | Oxford |
The King's Flight | RAF Benson | Station in Coastal Command, Viking |
RAF Station Blackbushe | ||
RAF Unit | RAF Blackbushe | |
Closing Down Party | RAF Blackbushe | |
Civil Aviation Liaison Party | RAF Blackbushe | |
RAF Station Boreham | ||
C & M Party | RAF Boreham | |
RAF Station Broadwell | ||
Closing Down Party | RAF Broadwell | Dakota |
RAF Station Chedburgh | ||
RAF Station Down Ampney | ||
C & M Party | RAF Down Ampney | |
RAF Station Hawkinge | ||
RAF Station Hendon | ||
Metropolitan Communications Sqn | RAF Hendon | |
AM Book Production and Distribution Centre | RAF Hendon | |
RAF Station Highgate | ||
RAF Intelligence School | RAF Highgate | |
Air Booking Centre | London | |
RAF Station Manston | ||
No 77 Sqn (ex 271) | RAF Manston | Dakota |
No 4077 Servicing Echelon | RAF Manston | |
No 91 Staging Post | RAF Manston | |
No 8 GCA Unit | RAF Manston | |
RAF Station Membury | ||
Closing Down Party | RAF Membury | |
No 53 Sqn (ex 187) | RAF Netheravon | Station in No 38 Group, Dakota |
No 4053 Servicing Echelon | RAF Netheravon | |
RAF Station Perranporth | ||
RAF Station Pershore | ||
Transport Command Briefing School | RAF Pershore | |
RAF Station St Mawgan | ||
Closing Down Party | RAF St Mawgan | |
No 173 Staging Post | Schwechat | |
RAF Station Stoney Cross | ||
C & M Party | RAF Stoney Cross |
HQ - Milton Ernest Hall, Beford
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
No 137 Staging Post | Bordeaux | |
RAF Station Bourn | ||
RAF Station Graveley | ||
C & M Party | RAF Graveley | |
RAF Station Holmsley South | ||
C & M Party | RAF Holmsley South | |
RAF Station Honington | - | - |
Transport Command Major Servicing Unit | RAF Honington | |
No 103 Staging Post | Istres | |
RAF Station Little Staughton | ||
C & M Party | RAF Little Staughton | |
No 47 Group Communication Flight | RAF Little Staughton | |
RAF Station Lyneham | Airport | |
No 511 Sqn | RAF Lyneham | York |
No 2 Ground Control Approach Unit | RAF Lyneham | |
RAF Station Oakington | ||
No 242 Sqn | RAF Oakington | York |
No 4242 Servicing Echelon | RAF Oakington | |
No 1559 (RAT) Flight | RAF Oakington | Oxford |
RAF Station Somersham | Emergency Landing Ground | |
RAF Station Waterbeach | ||
No 51 Sqn | RAF Waterbeach | York |
No 4051 Servicing Echelon | RAF Waterbeach |
Source - SD161 (77th Edition) - February 1947
County names used are those in use at the time
[Command HQ | No 4 Group | No 38 Group | No 46 Group | No 47 Group]
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